Assistant District Attorney Joe Warren was arrested on charges of Tampering with a Witness, Terroristic Threats and Deadly Conduct related to an incident that allegedly took place a year earlier. It seems to some of us that rather than do her job as a journalist, internet newspaper editor Vanessa Brashier has been steadily trying to help Warren and his controversial boss, District Attorney Mike Little. Forget the justice system and forget the Constitutional protection that gives freedom to the press to search for truth – Vanessa Brashier and Mike Little seem to have some kind of pact. Last week Brashier’s efforts begin anew as she becomes part of the story instead of reporting it.
This quote is the newest in her attempt to prejudice the potential jury pool: “When no local judge would sign the arrest warrant against Warren, it was taken to and signed by a judge outside the county, Judge Don Burgess.” That information could have been communicated like this: “Even though some have said three local judges were willing to sit in judgment, for appearance and to uphold the highest standard, the senior most experienced standby judge, Judge Don Burgess, was brought in to insure a fair trial.
Though Brashier quotes crime scene reports that seem to be trying to paint a picture of what happened, a picture of the scene shows that Warren’s dog clearly dug under the fence and was the attacker. Either Brashier is incompetent and has not discovered the picture that settles the fact that Joe Warren’s dog trespassed and started the dog fight. (Before running back under the fence the dog attacked a little puppy before two dogs case after him.) The picture speaks 1000 words, so if Vanessa Brashier is not incompetent and has seen the picture, perhaps it speaks words that do not fit into what she and Mike Little want the public to know.
Despite the charges against him and many complaints of a lack of professionalism, Warren remains an employee of the Liberty County District Attorney’s office on this issue is the cherry on top for anyone wanting to show how she is in the tank for Little and Warren. Brashier’s report last week says Warren was in court handling his assigned cases and she never challenges the weak and ridiculous defense Little has for allowing someone to prosecute cases when under a legal cloud like Warren is.
She simply quotes the D.A.: “I am giving him the benefit of the doubt. He is going to remain employed here.”
Then she asks her readers to accept a very flawed comparison when she mimics Little and says, “Warren is not the first Liberty County official to be arrested, but not immediately removed from his position.”
She knows well the idea of someone prosecuting cases that is headed toward indictment can put a cloud over the entire justice system. But she gladly goes along with Little and never questions why Warren was not put on administrative leave. Instead she really reveals how much of a tool she has become for Little when rather than questioning Little’s poor decision making, she uses a sheriff department employee as an example of why it is okay for Little to let Warren continue to prosecute cases until he is indicted. Little helped convict this guy and Brashier not only crams his name in her story, she also gets another good chuckle with Little when she crams what the man was sentenced to in a story about the soon to come grand jury that will decide Warren’s fate.
The sad thing is that Brashier wanted that sheriff department’s employee to be put on leave back then and now she is using his situation to justify this case. This reporter needs to identify her writing when it is “political editorial” rather than imply it is a news story.
Who cares if she wants certain elected officials to hold certain offices? But plenty of us care if she is using a “newspaper” without identifying her bias. She may fit in well with KSHN”s Bill Buchanan or Allen Youngblood’s i-amawreck.com, but when she expresses things that are clearly meant to influence the outcome of a criminal investigation, she should come clean. Her paper should come clean. They should say we are in the business of helping send people to jail and helping to keep people out of jail and what constitutes their formula for taking the side they take.
Independent prosecutor Kelly Siegler will present the case to the Liberty County grand jury on Sept. 21.
This quote is the newest in her attempt to prejudice the potential jury pool: “When no local judge would sign the arrest warrant against Warren, it was taken to and signed by a judge outside the county, Judge Don Burgess.” That information could have been communicated like this: “Even though some have said three local judges were willing to sit in judgment, for appearance and to uphold the highest standard, the senior most experienced standby judge, Judge Don Burgess, was brought in to insure a fair trial.
Though Brashier quotes crime scene reports that seem to be trying to paint a picture of what happened, a picture of the scene shows that Warren’s dog clearly dug under the fence and was the attacker. Either Brashier is incompetent and has not discovered the picture that settles the fact that Joe Warren’s dog trespassed and started the dog fight. (Before running back under the fence the dog attacked a little puppy before two dogs case after him.) The picture speaks 1000 words, so if Vanessa Brashier is not incompetent and has seen the picture, perhaps it speaks words that do not fit into what she and Mike Little want the public to know.
Despite the charges against him and many complaints of a lack of professionalism, Warren remains an employee of the Liberty County District Attorney’s office on this issue is the cherry on top for anyone wanting to show how she is in the tank for Little and Warren. Brashier’s report last week says Warren was in court handling his assigned cases and she never challenges the weak and ridiculous defense Little has for allowing someone to prosecute cases when under a legal cloud like Warren is.
She simply quotes the D.A.: “I am giving him the benefit of the doubt. He is going to remain employed here.”
Then she asks her readers to accept a very flawed comparison when she mimics Little and says, “Warren is not the first Liberty County official to be arrested, but not immediately removed from his position.”
She knows well the idea of someone prosecuting cases that is headed toward indictment can put a cloud over the entire justice system. But she gladly goes along with Little and never questions why Warren was not put on administrative leave. Instead she really reveals how much of a tool she has become for Little when rather than questioning Little’s poor decision making, she uses a sheriff department employee as an example of why it is okay for Little to let Warren continue to prosecute cases until he is indicted. Little helped convict this guy and Brashier not only crams his name in her story, she also gets another good chuckle with Little when she crams what the man was sentenced to in a story about the soon to come grand jury that will decide Warren’s fate.
The sad thing is that Brashier wanted that sheriff department’s employee to be put on leave back then and now she is using his situation to justify this case. This reporter needs to identify her writing when it is “political editorial” rather than imply it is a news story.
Who cares if she wants certain elected officials to hold certain offices? But plenty of us care if she is using a “newspaper” without identifying her bias. She may fit in well with KSHN”s Bill Buchanan or Allen Youngblood’s i-amawreck.com, but when she expresses things that are clearly meant to influence the outcome of a criminal investigation, she should come clean. Her paper should come clean. They should say we are in the business of helping send people to jail and helping to keep people out of jail and what constitutes their formula for taking the side they take.
Independent prosecutor Kelly Siegler will present the case to the Liberty County grand jury on Sept. 21.
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